Santa and Rudolph Rescued

Santa and Rudolph, the puppets from the Rankin — Bass TV special that is, were found abandoned in an attic a few years ago and through a series of strange events (including a trip to the PBS series ‘Antiques Roadshow’) found their way to a puppet restoration specialist. They’re now on display in NYC and drawing huge crowds, as well they should.

It’s not Disney, but it’s like a piece of my childhood has been saved. Plus it’s nice to have some good news this holiday season. (Read)

3 thoughts on “Santa and Rudolph Rescued”

A roundup of festive crap sent in to BoingBoing by you, dear readers: • Evil Christmas Carols. How beautiful! With “sinister” key changes, they sound menacing, like soundtracks to silent movies about damsels in distress on Christmas eve. • Weird nativ…